Alot probably has to do with ignorance. When people think ‘NCR18650B’, they think ‘best 18650 around’. When they think ‘NCR18650BF’, they think ‘WHAT?’. People don’t know about this battery, and are unlikely to choose it over something that they have been told is the very best for the past few years.
4 pcs protected NCR18650B (free international shipping and tracking number included) = 26US$ from Banggood (with mentioned discount code)
vs
4 pcs protected NCR18650BF (Registered Airmail via Sweden Post $2.05+) = 36.16US$ from Fasttech (with BLF discount code)
or
4 pcs unprotected NCR18650B (free international shipping and tracking number included) = 24US$ from Banggood (with mentioned discount code)
vs
4 pcs unprotected NCR18650BF (Registered Airmail via Sweden Post $2.08+) = 29.30US$ from Fasttech (with BLF discount code)
So, how about you provide some proof to your claims (like a link to a store where we could buy NCR18650BF for less than 6$(unprotected)/6.5$ (protected) with included free international shipping and tracking) or stop spamming the forum
I only bought cells once from GB. They seemed like genuine Samsung cells, but they came as 4 naked cells, packaged loose in one shared little ziplock bag.
This little bag was loose inside the regular padded shipping envelope, without any other means of protection.
One cell arrived dented. It took a hit from either the other items in the order, or the other cells.
For the safety of the mail and shipping systems, and myself, I will not order cells from GB again.
FastTech ships in bubble-wrapped 18650 plastic storage boxes and I never had an issue with these.
ME takes special precautions when shipping, never an issue there either.
BTW Ali E. has a good protection plan and if these prove to be fakes you will get your money back
so
i also have 2 Liitokala lii-500 on the way that measure the real mAh rating its the 1st thing i will do when they come BTW lii 500 is LE$$ THEN $24
BTW while i am newish to 18650 (only about 3 years) i am a long time purchasing agent and i find low prices
one possible reason is that with the newly released NCR18650GA @ 3500mAh the now old are being dumped in favor of the new
I am sorry if I am judging too soon but it looks to me like you work for that shop!
Anyway those prices are lowest I saw and that makes this cells a bit suspicious to me,
BG or GB or FT sales thousands and thousands of this cells (so they should have lowest
possible price) opposite to this seller that only has 159 sold items.
i agree this is the 1st time i am buying a BRAND name item made in Japan from China
i will be glad to post my finding when everything comes (could be weeks) BTW that amazing amazon deal i got must be all real ones in my use the NCR18650B @ 3400mAh really last 2x as long as the used laptop pulls of 2200mAh to 2600mAh used Sony Samsung LG and Sanyos
BTW i have about a 75% success rate with Ali about 15% the cheap stuff i buy is just that too cheap
and at least 10% are total lairs cheats and worse but all in all i do on with Ali E
and i never lost a claim yet and i usually get to keep the junk 1 time i needed to return the items (the LED lights i bought were very YELLOW and not Warm White